Riley Turns 8

Riley's 8th birthday was very low key.

Since I had been having so many Braxton Hicks & hadn't been feeling good

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it was his baptism year

we decided no birthday party, but still asked him repeatedly what he wanted to do.

He said he didn't want to make me have to do a lot & just wanted to do little things as a family

(was turning 8 making him this mature?).

He woke up & got to spend the first part of the day with my parents.

They went out & got slurpees (one of their favorite things to do together) & hung out at their house.

Josh took the second half of the day off of work & came home a little after lunch.

Riley & him went to the movies together & saw Captain America.

They had a great time & Riley came home to tell me all about it.

That evening we sat in the backyard & made smores by the firepit with grandparents.

I thought that Riley would have been dissapointed by such a "normal day" but he said it was one of his more memorable ones...just being able to spend it with his favorite people."

The next day (7/30/2011) we all loaded up in the car & headed to Chico, CA.

My best friend / Riley's "girlfriend" lives there & we ended up all

going miniature golfing to celebrate Riley turning 8.

She even made him these yummy cupcakes that turned our mouths blue/ green for the day.